Our country experienced shortage of alcohol and facial must do to the commitment in crisis. Explain this event or issue using one of the four concepts of economic practices in a choices we will make in purchasing products?
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Answer:
As the federal and state governments assess their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, they desperately need independent, credible scientific review and advice. To do so, they should turn to the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.
Although the Republican-controlled Senate is planning to conduct oversight hearings, and the White House coronavirus task force might conduct an internal evaluation, these reviews will be insufficient. Much of the American public no longer trusts the administration or a partisan Congress to level with them on this issue. It has also become clear that experts in federal agencies are often not free to speak the truth, and congressional committees cannot possibly unravel the scientific complexity of this pandemic.
We need the best our scientific community can offer, and for that, Congress must commission a panel of experts to assess the federal and state covid-19 response to date, how to best prepare for a potential second wave this winter and how to prevent the outbreak of another virulent pathogen. This panel should then issue an interim report by Sept. 15.
The National Academies are the only institution that can provide advice on this issue in a scientifically credible, apolitical manner, unfiltered through the hyper-partisan lens of Congress or the administration. The National Academy of Medicine — one of three scientific institutions that were chartered by Congress to provide objective advice nationally and globally on science, technology and health — has more than 2,000 members selected by their medical peers for their outstanding achievement, many in infectious disease prevention and response.
So far, Congress has been unresponsive to this ask, perhaps out of fear of vindictive pushback from President Trump. But if Congress can set aside politics at this critical moment and consider what’s best for the nation, it would immediately agree to convene this expert advisory panel.
Rick Steiner is a retired professor from the University of Alaska and author of “Oasis Earth: Planet in Peril.”